Science is at the core of the curriculum at The Elmgreen School. Students follow the new Programme of Study at KS3 with a greater emphasis on How Science Works (HSW), the relevancy of Science, and how Science can impact on everyday life.
HSW develops skills and lays the foundation for success at KS4. It has five key elements, and across a range of contexts and practical situations students will be:
1. Thinking: using ideas and models to explain the world around them.
2. Understanding: explaining the economic, ethical, social and cultural implications of science
3. Communicating: presenting scientific ideas and understanding how scientists communicate.
4. Investigating: planning, carrying out and gathering evidence from a wide range of experiments.
5. Using: gathering information from a variety of sources, taking into account errors or bias, to explain their ideas.
Throughout the course students will develop their Personalised Learning and Thinking Skills and will be assessed on not only their subject knowledge, but the skills outlined above.
There are many opportunities for further science learning during KS3 in the form of lunch-time and after-school activities, educational visits and visiting speakers especially during Science Week in March.
The improved 14 – 19 curriculum offers all learners a pathway to success by allowing everyone the opportunity to chose the direction that best suits their interests. The pathways in Science are individually tailored to a pupils needs and will not only stimulate their interests in science, but also challenge them to achieve their potential whether they chose from separate sciences to vocational courses and from modular exams to project based coursework.
Revision material for exams 2010